SCIENCE
546. The scientific worldview qua worldview is fundamentally a heresy- not only from the viewpoint of Catholicism, but also of all possible religions.
547. Mechanical and dialectic materialism did not specifically have to penetrate the scientific worldview, for the latter had developed in such a way that the several variations of materialism could immediately adopt and present it.
548. Every physical and chemical poison is the material representation of a spiritual poison.
549. The gaseous state is superior to the liquid state, and the liquid state is usually superior to the solid state, except when the solid state bears the stamp of a crystal structure (and not an amorphous one), in which case it is superior to the liquid state.
550. It is in vain for a psychologist to be versed in psychology if he is not an expert in the psyche.